Brains And Stuff

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Pons

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Part of the brainstem that joins the two hemispheres together and connects cerebellum with cerebrum

Question 1

Medulla

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Lowest section of the brainstem controls automatic functions including heart beat and breathing

Question 2

Reticular Formation

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And area of neurons running through the middle of the medulla and pons and slightly beyond responsible for selective attention

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Thalamus

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Part of Limbic system processes And relays sensory info from lower parts to the proper areas of the cortex

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Cerebellum

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Part of the brain below the cerebrum regulates balance posture movement and muscle coordination

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Hippocampus

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Forms long term memories and storage of memory for location of objects

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Amygdala

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Located near hippocampus responsible for dear and memory of fear

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Hypothalamus

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Responsible for motivational behavior such as sleep hunger thirst and sex

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Frontal Lobe

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Reasoning emotions judgement and voluntary movement

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Parietal Lobe

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Contains important sensory centers

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Occipital Lobe

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Center for vision and reading ability

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Temporal Lobe

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Contains centers for hearing and memory

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Corpus Callosom

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A large bundle of nerves connecting left and right Cerebral Hemispheres

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Brain Stem

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regulates vital functions such as breathing, the heart, and level of alertness

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Limbic System

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A group of brain structures under the cortex and involved in learning, memory, and motivation

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Cerebral Cortex

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Outer most layer consisting of densely packed neurons, responsible for thought processing and interpretation of sensory input

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Agonists

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chemical substance that mimics the efforts of neurotransmitters on the receptor sites

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Antagonists

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chemical substance that blocks a cell’s response to action of other chemicals